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Shoegaze Week: Drowned in Shoegaze - 50 Essential Albums

In Depth by Sean Adams

DiS has compiled a Spotify playlist of fifty hazy, ethereal, swooping, swirling, static-drenched albums from the pioneers of Shoegaze and the makers of Shoegaze 2.0»

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Shoegaze Week: "There’s no such thing as Nu-Gaze" by Sonic Cathedral

In Depth by Nathaniel Cramp

Nathaniel Cramp has been running the increasingly successful Sonic Cathedral club night since 2004, before launching the record label two years later. Here, he discusses the merits of so-called "nu-gaze", and what the whole shoegaze revival means to him.»

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Mercury Music Prize, worldwide: DiS assesses the awards...

In Depth by Shain Shapiro

As the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize looms, DiS wondered what other countries do to recognise their best new artists. We also wondered how the British talent would match up to their international equivalents...»

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DiS is 6! Our 66, part 2

In Depth by Mike Diver

So here we are, fellow travellers through the last six years of DiS’s favourite sounds: part two of Our 66. Believe you me, this section – which collects together the albums we’ve placed at numbers 44 to 21 – was no easier to assemble than the preceding chapter (click here if you’re yet to look over our selections from 66 to 45). In fact, we’ve suffered more headaches over the last few weeks, because of this undertaking alone, than at any other time in our lives. Perhaps, anyway: we do enjoy the odd pint...»

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Sean's Top Records of The First 5 Years of DiS

In Depth by Sean Adams

DiS celebrated 5 years in October 2005. Here's DiS founder Sean's list of favourite records.»